Prof  Joshua Abor

Senior Advisor

Prof Abor is a distinguished finance expert with expertise and engagements in the areas of academic, consulting and business. He is a Professor of Finance and the Dean at the University of Ghana Business School, Legon. He completed the coursework component of his PhD at Harvard University and is also a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (FCCA) (UK). Professor Abor is also a researcher with the African Economic Research Consortium. His areas of research interest include development finance, small business and entrepreneurial finance, corporate governance, international finance, financial market development, issues in financial economics and his papers have been published in reputable international journals. He is a Visiting Professor of Development Finance at the Graduate School of Business, University of Cape Town, South Africa and has also held Visiting Scholar positions at the International Monetary Fund (IMF). He has consulted extensively in finance, banking, financial markets, financial sector policy and development initiatives for a number of local and international institutions, including the Italian Cooperation, Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Health, South Africa’s Ministry of Trade and Industry, and Development Bank of Southern Africa. He serves on the boards of some companies and currently chairs the Board of SIC Life Company Ltd. With particular interest in the energy industry, he will provide expertise advice in Energy Financing, Risk Management & Investment Strategy.

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